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Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1887-12-29

The Missouri local option law has been
decided constitutional by tho supreme
court.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

land of turtles. At certain seasons of
the year the chelonians come out Of the
Ucayi by the thousands to deposit
their eggs in the sand. They are not
disturbed until they have performed
their mission, when they are bounced
upon by the watchful natives and
slaughtered by scores. The eggs are
gathered and placed in a washtub, where
they are broken, and the yellow oil
which rises to the surface is collected with
mussel shells. This stuff is run into jars
and sold to the missionaries, who use it
for cooking purposes.
The weapons of the Conibos are few.
They consist of the bow and arrow, the
club and the shooting tube. The chonta
palm, which grows in abundance near
the Ucayli, furnishes them with wood
for their bows, the mauritia palm yields
them bow strings, and the Towering
stems of certain plant keep them in
arrows. They are obliged to depend on
the Xebero Indians of the Maranon
country for their shooting tubes, from
which they blow poisoned arrows capa
Bile of killing large game. A Conibo
mark nan will lie on his back and, bend
ing the strong bow with his feet, he will
bring down the curassow and the vulture-
harpie from almost impossible heights.
Before many years, in the natural
course of events, the Conibo nation will
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
!azzle our plebeian eyes, but we neye

!azzle our plebeian eyes, but we neVe,
ret beyond them.
Legend antedates history, and romance
lids both. The diamond, as we hav'
cen, has had an eventful career. TIL
mines of India, Africa, Brazil and 0
other lands have given the world thos,
'its of carbon which can purchase {;
kings ransom This identical thing
hey have sometimes done, but for al
he diamonds beauty is surpassed b,
he qualities of other gems not near so
-ah1able
There would be ludicrous scramble
or diamonds by our American money
Kings it some European houses were t.
be closed out at auction. Wall-street
princes and bonanza nabobs would con
tend for the effects, and the bidding
would be animated if not exciting. A
the matter stands, however, they have
to content themselves with picking up
rem here and there.
The diamond merchant is always flush
With commissions, and receives more
han one cnrte W4nche during the year
After all, tirstclass paste diamond is a
rood as any, if you do not know the diff
ference, and | must confess that many O
us do not.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
The Appreciation of RO yalty.

The London Baptist gives the prices paid
at different times for seats to view the royal
professions. In the time of Edward | it was
one-half cent, on the accession of Richard II
it was two cents. From the coronation of
Henry V to the time of Henry VII it was
four cents; but in the time Of Henry VIII
the charge was eight cents, in that of Eliza
four cents was paid for seat to view the
coronation procession of James I. Sixty
cents was paid in the time of Charles H. and
81 20 in that of William III. At the corona
ton of George II the price had risen to 81 so,
and at that of George ~ people We're aston
ished to hear that from SIS to $50 was paid.
But at the recent procession $1,000 was paid
for the windows Of one house.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
The Fourth in Idaho.

Beaver Canon. Idaho, had first-class
Fourth of July celebration. The Declaration
Of Independence was read by d man named
John Hancock, and Henry Clay delivered an
Grafton. There was big procession, in which
the States were represented by thirty eight
young women in white Mother Hubbards,
mounted on black horses. One hundred
woodchoppers marched four abreast, carry
ing their axes, and the city fathers rode in a
big lumber wagon drawn by twelve yoke of
red oxen, driven by the Goddess of Liberty.
In the evening there was an exhibition Of
fireworks, with war dance performed by
100 Shoshone and Bannock Indians.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

ceremony the body is wrapped with
straps cut from the skin of a freshly
killed seal, and placed on the ground in
a hut with the head toward the east This
done, the women proceed to execute
dance around the dead, singing all the
while doleful funeral song called CHI
rinqui
Sunset sees the corpse put into large
earthen lar which, having previously
been sealed up with mixture of wood
and clay, is inferred at the very place
where the women performed their orgies,
and the burial rites, which have taken up
the best part of day, are concluded.
The ground beneath many Conibo hut
is veritable graveyard and when it
cannot receive any more dead, another
hut is erected at a convenient distance.
1t must not be supposed from the saw
age customs Just described that the
Conibos possess no ingenuity. A sup
position of this sort would greatly
wrong these dwellers on the banks of
the winding Ucavli The Conibo women
excel in the manufacture of pottery and
Marcoy, who saw much of their work,
pronounces it very beautiful.
Wherever there is clearing in the
forest near tuc nuts luc lSllllllliC l. GA
lissy establishes her earthenware manu-
facture. With only her fingers and one
of the shells of the Peruvian mussel, she
fashions water jars, pitchers, basins and
so on. Her curves and lines are mathe-
matically correct When the pottery has
taken form, it is put into an open fire and
baked. During this process an old
woman screams and dances about the
pile to prevent the spirit of evil from
touching the precious ware.
When the pottery has cooled tits hand
painted in the highest style OF Conbo
ceramic art with pencils formed OF
several blades Of grass. The untutored
artist is patient and tireless, and, in the
end, produces something decidedly beau
tiful in the pottery line
Catching turtles and extracting
certain kind of oil from the eggs is the
only commercial pursuit of these strange
people. Conibo land is emph@tlcally
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
Tn the Oueen'S Kitchen.

In Queen Victoria's kitchen there is a
bookkeeper to give orders to grQeers, pro-
nlm III his work, a chief cook, four master
cooks, two yeomen of the kitchen, two as
sistant cooks, two roasting cooks, four scour-
ers, three kitchen maids, store-keeper, two
green office men, two steam apparatus
men, first and second yeomen Of CONNECTION
cry, an apprentice, three female assistants,
an errand man, pastry cook, two female
coffee-room women. There is an extensive
wine cellar, superintended, by man of large
salary, and an army Of officers engaged in
various departments suggestive of eating and
drinking.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
The Summer Rest.

"Where shall we go this summer. dear?"
asked Mrs. Flyaway. well. let's see,' re-
piled her husband, last winter we got me-
laria in Florida?" Yes, and the alligators
got your pointer dog "And the preceding
summer we got the rheumatism in the
mountains?' I'VE did, and the bears got
my little Skye terrier "And the
summer before that we went to
the seashore and got bled by the
mosquitoes and the landlord?" Yes
"And the summer before that, we went into
the country and the children were laid up
all summer with ivy poison?' II remem-
ber." ''Well, if felt as strong as used to,
I'd like first rate to take vacation this sum-
mer, but I'm feeling kind of weak and list
less. and Pm afraid l couldn't stand it.
Let's stay home and rest this year."-Bur-
dette IN Brooklyn Eagle
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
Japan's Cotton Crop.

An official report to the British govern
ment states that the yearly cotton crop of
Japan is about l3l 100000 pounds. The
manufacture Of the staple is of the most
primitive description. 1t is almost entirely
domestic industry, gin, spindle and loom
whose land the plant is grown, the
female members Of the house doing the
spinning and weaving. The spinning wheel
differs in no respect from that used in Japan
800 years ago, or from that in use in England
prior to the invention of the jenny,
except that the wood is bamboo. The cost
Of one of the wheels is about nine pence; it
will last five or six years, and with it wo-
man Of ordinary skill can earn two shillings
per day. Small factories are beginning to
spring up, but still the great bulk of the ma
tive cotton grown is used i'll the manner de-
Scrihed
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

tention except when an earthquake tum,
bles them from their huts of reeds and
poles. The death and burial customs OF
this singular people are unique and saw
age-like When death occurs, the women
wrap the corpse in a loose sack, and
place in the right hand (if the decedent
be a many bow and arrows, and cover
the face and portion of the body with
a coating of rocou and genipa (red and
black). A calabash is bound over the
face to furnish the dead with a drinking
cup should he be so fortunate as to reach
a land where water flows. After this
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

to-day as the Congo was few months
ago. The gigantic Amazon andi impos-
ing tributaries, Ucayli and Maranon,
rush through the domains of some Of the
strangest and most interesting of the
earth's inhabitants. In short we have
neighbors of whom we know next to
nothing, and 7e will proceed to intro
duce them without further ceremony.
The Cenibos, numbering at this day
about 500 souls, average in stature five
feet three. They have lumpish figures,
prominent chests, round faces and
high cheek bones. Small eyes,
oblique and set wide apart, impart
queer expression to faces too oval to be
progressing therefore Conibo belle,
even when rugged out in savage para
phernalia, falls far short of being hand
some, although, as Marcoy remarks, the
spherical contour of the face gives it
stamp of bonh0mie not at all disagreeable.
The skin of these people is dark and
rough, the roughness being caused by
the bites of mosquitoes, which infest the
country, rendering travel through 1t
stages of torture. Despite these insects
the Conibo women wear scarcely any
garment at all, while the men affect
sort of tunic which protects their lordly
bodies from the free-lance Of the winged
pest.
As might be expected, the Conibos
have few, if any, social customs. When
a Young lord concludes to wed he selects
a slight present, which he bestows upon
the parents of the object of his choice
and the marriage, or mating, follows.
The wife, however, can be put aside at
the caprice of the husband. Blgamy IS
tolerated, but polygamy is forbidden by
law, for, if it were permitted, the IDLE
Conibo would soon possess more wives
than he could support.
When the Conibos were first dlscov-
cred they had certain religion which
acknowledges the existence OF supreme
Being, who, having created the earth'
took up his abode in the sidereai regions,
from whence he reioices over his WORK.
But they never give him the slightest at
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
A Smooth Grocer.

Mrs. Pretense TO grocer)-What are those
plums worth?
Grocer-Twenty-f five cents per box.
why, man, that is outrageously high.
You don't expect me to pay such a price as
that, I hope"
'Oh, no. To tell the truth it is pretty
high but [ can't afford to sell them for any
less. Mrs. Puton grumbled at the price this
morning, and asked if you had bought any
and when | told her that you had not She"
What did she do?'
well, she ordered five boxes"
'She did, eh? You may send me up six
boxes.'-Arkdnsav Iravezer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

exist only in the books of explorations,
and the Ucayli, on it's way to the ocean,
will pass the graves of nation which
once crimsoned it's waves with the blood
of slaughtered tribes.
Such, in brief, are the strange people
described at length by NJ. Marcoy. Their
vocabulary is a limited affair, and IS
made up Of words taken boldly from the
languages of surrounding tribes. They
exist in poverty, and their larder at all
times is at low ebb; but this does not
prevent them from sharing with the
needy, be he friend or stranger, the last
morsel of turtle or the last ounce of
monkey meat in the hut.
r. G. HARBAUGH.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
POOR .AM.ASY.
fe Would Have Liked Cashmere Trousers
But His Wife Said Nay.

A ta1l heavy, rod faced woman wearino
- ~ l-s,. ;.He
INK glhsham suI-oonhe'' came lh'o
lothlng store IN Brattleboro, VT, one DAY
asst week, followed by a weak, harmless
cooking little man wearing pair Of conspicu-
,usly shabby old trousers Of faded butternut
cans.
I'VE want to git a pair of pants" said the
woman. The clerk, through force Of habit
hecked himself, and turning to the little
Id man, asked:
For you, sir?''
Yes, Sir" piped out the little man. tim
dly, and I'd like a real nice but the
red-faced giantess interrupted him with
'NO, YOU don't want no real NICE ones
No SIGH thing You re the beatinest man to
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
Cur Agricultural Fairs.

Ignorant Foreigner-You have agricul-
tural fairs in this country I hear.
American Farmer-Yes; every fall. I'm
gettin' ready for the next one now.
7. Rather early to make selections Of
agricultural fair exhibits, should fancy.
A. F.-No stree; takes a good while to
train trottin' bosses, mister. Bits.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
The Trials of a Landlord.

Summer Tourist Ito landlord)-Do you al
low dogs in your hotel?
Landlord-Yes, sir; bring all the dogs YOU
want to.
Summer Tourist-Ill have to 20 some
where else. | can't stand dogs
Another Summer Tourist-Do you allow
dogs in your hotel?
Landlord-No, sir; won't have dog about
the place.
Tourist-Pm sorry. Ny wife has dog
that she thinks more of than she does of me-
-New York Sun.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

so far from home to find people as
singular, in many respects, as those
brought into notice by Stanley, Wolff or
Grenfell.
There are, in the heart Of South
America, vast regions as unknown
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
CHAPPlE WAITS IN THE VES-IEULE'

CHAPPlE WAITS IN THE vEs-IEULE.
He stood within the vestibule, and I"eped
along the aisle; and 10! he sees some
sight to please, else why that glee1ul
smile?
TWAS his sweetheart and she sat- obviously
near; she sweetly sang, with tuneful
tongue, "1'll read my title clear"
The minister announced his text, and then
went on to say, Turn, sinner, turn, wig
will you burn? there's dangerin delay
This was his firstly; next he went to secondly
and said, "shun evils paths-fee from
the wrath! repent ere you be dead
To thirdly next he turned his Speech and
dwelt on knaves who scott and Chappie
cried in rage outside, "Oh parson, pray
come off,
All, ha! the maid perceives him there, her
heart goes plump thereat she never
heard a single word Of sermon after
that.
"And filthy" droned the parson next, II
wish to briefly state, that healthy prime
is Just the time to mold your future
fate"
Then came his 'sixthly," and he cried, 20
hardened hearts of flint, turn, turn
aside" and Chappie cried some things
we dare not print.
And in conclusion let me say Thank
Heaven now" Chappie sighed he is
unwound;" and 10 he found the parson
simply lied.
For that conclusion limped along, and
finally" was said; the maiden fair she
gasped for air, and Chappie nearly fed.
And Lastly" cried the minister, beware
the evil one he'll wound you sore. Now
one word more and then my sermons
done.
Now let me add" there came sound be-
hind the shielding door, and Chappie lay
all worn away and limp upon the floor.
There was CLEAN Of snowy skirts-at last
the twain have met; two forms fit out
and left, no doubt, that parson preaching
yet.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

Had Better Save His Money.

1t is said that wealthy editor of Boston
has made provision in his will for fund to
establish a professorship of practical journal
ism at Harvard College.-Boston Journal
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

Modesty, beautiful as it is, may easily be
pushed to point where it becomes a very
decided and ridiculous vanity-St. Louis
Globe Uenlocfat
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
A HISTORIC ISLAND.
TIE PLACE WHERE BURR PLOI-
TED FAST DISAPPEARING.

The Ohio River Gradually Carrying Away
the Famous Home of Blennerhassett-
Misfortunes of the Man Who Was En-
tangled in the Intrigues of Schemer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30

Mrs. Parvenu says that her new house has
all the modern conveniences, even rheumatic
tubes.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-07-30
A STRANGE PEOPLE.
LIFE AMONG THE CONIRO INDIANS
OF SOUTH AMERICA.
Their Curious Dress and Strange Social
Usages-Cleyer Workers in Pottery
Bending the Bow With Their Feet When
Shooting Arrows-Monkeys as Pets.


ries with it through
space scores of strange
lands and myriads of
stranger people. Re-
cent explorations in
the Congo basin have
resulted in the dis
covery of wild tribes
hitherto unknown to
the civilized world ;
but we need not 90
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-11
Dots.


Pure spices ground specially for our
retail trade. Crippen, 8 East ID st.
Ask your grocer for d. 8. TRUTHS
pepper sauce and taur-lrsut.
The best lunch in town Ii found at
Legg's, 224 King street.
j. Paul Brown, the leading photo.
grapher, GIT Market street. Oar motto:
Good work only.
Choice fresh roasted Java, Rio, La
guyra and Marsoaibo coffees at Grip.
pens, 8 East Second street.
Best as. 80 and 4oc. oysters In city at
AiDscow's; also the largest s.ews, fried,
panned, broi!ed and steamed. No. 707
Ship.ey street.
Mrs. Sarah Money, wife OF Benz min
Money, of Blackbird Hundred, died on
Tuesday and will be buried to-day at
Union church Cemetery.
Choice Foochow and Oolopg teas 30
| and 90 cents. These are pure goods and
We guarantee satisfaction in them.
CrippeD, East Second street.
Rev. DR.. Todd, Of Grace church, has
been engaged to deliver his lecture,
"Jauntings Though Ireland," In the
| Town Hall Of Smyrna February 22d
for the benefit Of the W. q. I. U.
W. H. Curry has bought Of e. PEN
nington, the three story brick house
northwest corner of Eighth and King
streets, and will cpeL grocery store as
soon as possible.
| Some inhuman scoundrel, for week
or two past has been poisoning doge,
CATS and birds in the Western part OF
the city, Several valuable dogs have
died.
D. r. Dallas. $50 Madison street. has
always on hand the freshest beef, pork,
sausage and scrappls at the lowest
prices. He won.o be glad for Q call
from his friends.
6The missionary anniversary Of Scott
M. K Sunday school will be held on
Thursday ever ing, March 10th. The
Union NJ. K. Sunday school anniversa.
~ will be hela OH Thursday evening,
March Sd.
julius Smith. an employe OF the P,
W. & B Railroad Company, wishes tC
state tt at he 10 not the person Of that
name arrested at the Academy Of Music
on Saturday nj ght On q charge Of dis
orderly conduct.
The b. & o. Railroad Company hal
borrowed 81 500,OU0 for the purpose O
purchasing 1--WE baggage cars SEQ hopper
sondolas, 1855 box cars, 10 parlor carr
10 buffet sleeping cars, 10 slsepers, 3,
passenger cars, 90 moaul Engines, ant
20 passe nper engines Of various class "a
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. IL, 1887
Messrs EditoTe; heard you eonp,sin
some time since, about it taking thre
days TO get some of your Peninsul
/ mail. What do you think of IL tak,n
eighteen days for letter to reach vii
| mineton from Rising Sun, Md? Tier
r is no rapid transit about that, Is thtre
Our postal force needs overhaalin
badly in our opinion. N l. j.
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FOURTH EDITION


A meeting Of the members Of the
Board Of Trade and business mem Of the
city met ct the Board OF Trade r0oms,
Exchange building. last night, willisn
LAwtcn presiding. The chairman
stated that the main business Of the
meeting Vas 10 take some action In the
interests Of the proposed exhibition Of
flowers aud fruit By the Peninsula
horticultural Association 10 BE- held In
the Opera House, this city, from Sep.
tember Goth to the Gath inclusive. Mr..
Law ton took . favorable view Of the
enterprise and hoped all present would
GO IL In the SEINE light
In favor Of . general recognition Of the
after which the following resolution,
unsuimously adopted:
Resolved, That this meeting OF the
Beard of Trade, manufacturers and
merchants Of she city Of Wilmington,
heartily endorses the proposed horu-
CULTURAL exhibition and earnestly recon-
mends all Of the citizens to give libt rally
their aid and support 70 the enterpi ise.
J. P. R. Polk, Eaq., one OF the larg.
eat peach growers ON the Peninsula,
and IN active promoter OF the exhibit
tion being present stated the objects
and aims Of the association, 1t the Same
timt producing diagram Of the Opera
House, showing the proposed plan FOX
arranging the exhibits. Tho false floor
will be placed In above the pare ut {, VI 1
on the centre Of 1t will stand . large
octagonal pagods, made Of Howers. On
either side Will DO stands for the exhib-
Its, and around the edge Of the false floor
will he arranged places for eEhibitr.
The platform portion will be reservtd
for the restaurant.
By this plan there will be . reserved
space Of about 5000 square feet for eI.
hiblts Mr.. Polk said It WAS proposed
70 engage HNsler's Philadelphia OF.
chestra for the occasion. Besides fruit
and flowers, 1t is proposed to exhibit .
few agricultural products, such as
grain ia the sheaf, corn stalks and vege.
cables, and there will be . department
for faucy exhibits. The executive com
mittee having the matter In charge 10
negotiating with the railroad compa.
mics for reduced fare from oil quarters.
xaPrizes OF 500 each will be offered for
the best displays Of peaches, pears, ap.
pies aud grapes. Numerous priz % will
be offe red for other exhibits. 1t 10 pro-
posed to offer silver cup a. . sweep
stake prise for the best display Of fruits,
and It Is hoped that some public.spiriteu
cltizan will pI esent the cup to the 80
ciety. The necessary expenses OF the
exhibit are $1,000 and the estimate re-
csip,s are $500 less than this amount,
which 10 asked of the business men Of
the city.
It IL expected ;hst from $4,000 to
10000 persons will come TO the city
from distaI ce. A large attendance lie
expects from the central and southern
parts of the Peninsula, where the pe0
pie are very much interested In irui,
growing. 1t Is hoped by the executive
com mittrs that the people Of Whining
ton will comply with the spirit OF the
resolution passed, and give the enter
prise an active support.
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To tho Public.

Attention Ia called 10 the advertise
mtnt OF j s. Hamilton & Co.. IN
another column. They have opened q
store at the 8. W. corner Fifth and
King strests, and will keep on hand a
full supply Of all the superior brands
OF -four aud feed. They call especial
attention to brand OF tl,ur called
White Locf, tina, 10 far superior TO any
other brand Of -four in the market OIL
tina :ori ,e
They ais, keep on hand all kids Of
seed, and farmers and truckers would
do we'll to call and examine the same
before purchasing elsewhere, as they
pay particular attention TO buying and
bay only from reliable Arms. Your ~
tsntion 10 called TO the feet that they
sell The famous Schumacher goods.
klce, hominy, brooms, soap and every
thing that liz usually kept In first
class nour and feed store.